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Arabian adventures : ten years of joyful service

Title
Arabian adventures : ten years of joyful service / John Glubb.
Author
Glubb, John Bagot, Sir, 1897-1986.
Publication
London : Cassell, 1978.

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Description
224 pages : maps; 23 cm
Subject
  • Glubb, John Bagot, Sir, 1897-1986
  • Glubb, John Bagot, Sir, 1897-1986
  • Since 1921
  • Soldiers > Iraq > Biography
  • Soldiers > Great Britain > Biography
  • Soldiers
  • Militärpolitik
  • Iraq > History > 1921-
  • Great Britain
  • Iraq
  • Großbritannien
  • Irak
  • Mittlerer Osten
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Biographies.
  • Erlebnisbericht.
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
Boyhood background -- Perils by water -- Air control -- The Shaikh of Shaikhs -- Marsh men -- Down to the grass-roots -- Dogs and animals -- Authorized raiding -- Visit to a gentleman -- Beni Huchaim -- The Barkat and Sufran -- Landing in the blue -- Raiding to kill -- The nomad life -- Arabian Knights -- Dyarchy -- Back to the desert -- Nemesis -- Ibn Shaalan -- Noblesse oblige.
ISBN
  • 030430171X
  • 9780304301713
LCCN
79315197
OCLC
  • ocm04329055
  • 4329055
  • SCSB-14404137
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library